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Apr 16, 20193 min read
Hoosier Rising
By any stretch of the imagination, Peter Buttigieg’s resume is an accomplished one. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard with a BA...
MC
Feb 12, 201811 min read
The Anti-Trump: Tammy Duckworth
If guts and gumption were the only criteria for high office, Tammy Duckworth would already be President of the United States. When the...
MC
Dec 5, 20177 min read
Our Revolution: Are the Democrats Becoming the Sanders Party?
What is the secret to Bernie Sanders' enduring popularity? And why is he even in the running for the Democratic nomination in 2020,...
MC
Sep 21, 201712 min read
Trump on the Couch
During his failed 2016 campaign for the Republican nomination, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush predicted that, if elected, Donald Trump...
MC
Jun 23, 20178 min read
In the Wings: Mike Pence's Quiet Audition
A few months ago, during the most vicious exchanges in the 2016 US presidential election, a popular refrain among those dismayed by both...
MC
Jun 7, 20178 min read
Madam President
Socio-political, economic, academic and media elites love to throw the word “disruption” around with such abandon one would think they...
MC
May 25, 20177 min read
Trump Besieged
President Donald Trump faces a significant challenge over the next few months to hang on to office and survive the gravest of charges...
MC
Apr 1, 201710 min read
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
It turns out that the Republic is alive and well. The first quarter of 2017 has brought a pleasant surprise: in vivid contrast to...
Mark Chin
Mar 6, 20177 min read
Too Close to the Sun
For a moment, he soared. On rhetorical wings crafted from feathers provided by daughter Ivanka and Chief Strategist Steve Bannon,...
Mark Chin
Feb 17, 20176 min read
The Trump Storm
“To be on the wire is life; the rest is waiting,” intones the fictional Joe Gideon in Bob Fosse’s underrated film ‘All That Jazz.” It’s a...
Mark Chin
Dec 17, 20166 min read
Review: All the Way
Having come through (or survived, depending on your point of view) a tumultuous US presidential election year, it is perhaps appropriate...
Mark Chin
Dec 3, 201612 min read
Duel of the Fates: Republicans vs Democrats
The Republic has fallen. Donald Trump, regarded by many progressives as the Dark Lord incarnate, has stormed the White House. His legions...
Mark Chin
Nov 20, 20168 min read
Man of Mystery: Donald Trump in Power
The view from Donald Trump’s vast penthouse in the New York tower that bears his surname must be awe-inspiring. Every morning he gets to...
Mark Chin
Nov 8, 20167 min read
Apocalypse Not: U.S. Election Eve
At long last, it seems, the 2016 presidential election cycle is coming to its natural end. Rivers of words, forests of newsprint, and...
Mark Chin
Oct 26, 20164 min read
Hillary Clinton: the Janus-faced Candidate
Victory is within sight. Hillary Clinton can almost smell the finish line. Buoyed by polls showing a popular vote margin of anywhere from...
Mark Chin
Oct 23, 20164 min read
Donald Trump: A Shakespearean Ending
There is a very King Lear-like quality to Donald Trump’s presidential enterprise, and it centres around the character and personality of...
Mark Chin
Oct 21, 20167 min read
Wake Me Up for the Apocalypse: The Third U.S. Presidential Debate (Oct. 20th, 2016)
"Well, I think her history is far from being over. I'd like to answer that question in another 15 years from now. I think she is going to...
Mark Chin
Oct 5, 20165 min read
The Real Republican Candidate: the US Vice Presidential Debate (Oct. 4th, 2016)
One of the most important qualities Americans look for in a President is temperament, an intangible ability to project confidence,...
Mark Chin
Sep 27, 20165 min read
Senior Citizens Mud Wrestling: the First US Presidential Debate (Sept 26th, 2016)
I hate the presidential choice the American electoral process has produced. Choosing between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is like...
Mark Chin
Sep 23, 20166 min read
I Choose Sanity
The most memorable line in Stephen Spielberg’s biopic ‘Abraham Lincoln’ comes when Daniel Day-Lewis thunders that he is President of the...
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